3. Lord, what is man that you take notice of him;the son of man, that you think of him?
4. Man is but a breath,his days are like a passing shadow.
5. Lord, incline your heavens and come down;touch the mountains and make them smoke.
6. Flash forth lightning and scatter my foes;shoot your arrows and rout them.
7. Reach out your hand from on high;deliver me from the many waters;rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.
8. Their mouths speak untruth;their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
9. O God, a new song I will sing to you;on a ten-stringed lyre I will play for you.
10. You give victory to kings;you delivered David your servant.From the menacing sword
11. deliver me;rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.Their mouths speak untruth;their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
12. May our sons be like plantswell nurtured from their youth,Our daughters, like carved columns,shapely as those of the temple.